Date Palm as a Potential Candidate for Environmental Remediation
The water bodies are under continuous stress conditions owing to water pollution, and this problem is increasing continuously in line with industrialization. Consequently, utmost attention is needed to embark upon pollution problems so as to fulfil the dr
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Date Palm as a Potential Candidate for Environmental Remediation Jaskiran Kaur
Contents 8.1 I ntroduction 8.2 C hemical Composition and Properties of Date Palm 8.3 Role of Date Palm in Environmental Remediation 8.3.1 Removal of Heavy Metals 8.3.2 Hazardous Materials Removal 8.3.3 Dye Removal 8.3.4 Role in Phytoextraction 8.4 Conclusion and Future Perspectives References
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Abstract The water bodies are under continuous stress conditions owing to water pollution, and this problem is increasing continuously in line with industrialization. Consequently, utmost attention is needed to embark upon pollution problems so as to fulfil the dream of sustainable development. In the present era, adsorption has been considered as an efficient method for the removal of suspended and dissolved pollutants from the water resources. It has been confirmed that among the various types of bioadsorbents, date palm emerged as a highly cost-efficient and biodegradable bioadsorbent. A number of recent reports signified the role of date palm as a bioadsorbent. The present review is exploring the use of different by-products of date palm as adsorbent as well as a precursor to activated carbon production. Herein, an in-depth analysis of the role of date palm in the environmental remediation, in terms of removal of different pollutants, viz. dyes, heavy metals and toxins, has been examined. Keywords Industrialization · Water pollution · Adsorption · Date palms · Adsorption characteristics
J. Kaur (*) Department of Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 M. Naushad, E. Lichtfouse (eds.), Green Materials for Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 38, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17724-9_8
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8.1 Introduction Over the past few decades, the industrial revolution plays an instrumental role in the economic growth and prosperity of the country. But, with the rapid expansion of industries, an enormous pressure is exerted on the environment. It turned out that the residence of environmental contaminants in environmental media, viz. round water, surface water soil and sediments, poses a serious threat to the environment and human health (Ghasemi et al. 2014; Naushad et al. 2016a). Subsequently, the impacts on water resources seem to be more severe which cannot be overlooked. The problem of massive water pollution is demarcated as the consequence of the discharge of industrial wastewater into the water bodies. As a matter of fact, billions of tons of wastewater are generated by industries every year (Sagasta et al. 2015). The wastewater discharged as such into the rivers, lakes and streams results in health hazards such as eye irritation, skin and neurological problems, degenerative heart disease, gastroenteritis, blue baby syndrome, typhoid fever, shigellosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, cholera,
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